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Ransomware

Ransomware gangs are going after VPNs, and an AI just ran its own attack

Ransomware attacks rose for the fourth month in a row in June, with criminals targeting the devices companies use to connect remote workers. A new AI-driven attack completed an entire break-in with no human at the keyboard.

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Ransomware

PEAR ransomware crew claims 1.26 million-record breach at Georgia billing firm MCBS

Medical Computer Business Services says attackers roamed its network for four days in September 2025. A ransomware group now claims it stole 3.3 terabytes of patient and business data.

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Ransomware

How the FBI Took Down LockBit by Destroying the One Thing Criminals Can't Easily Replace: Trust

Operation Cronos didn't just seize servers. It turned LockBit's own website against its partners, shattered the group's reputation, and cut ransom attacks in the US by nearly 80 percent.

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Ransomware

Your ransomware playbook is probably putting the wrong person in charge at 4 a.m.

A growing body of evidence shows that the real damage in ransomware incidents often comes not from the attack itself, but from who gets to decide whether to pull the plug on a business-critical system.

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Cloud Security

The Hackers Got Hacked: Inside the Klue Breach and What It Means for Every Business Using Cloud Software

A forgotten service account let criminals walk into a competitive-intelligence platform. Then a second criminal group stole the stolen data. The whole chain is a masterclass in how cloud software trust goes wrong.

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Ransomware

DevMan Ransomware Runs a One-Stop Web Portal for Its Criminal Affiliates

Swiss researchers say the operation, tracked as Funky Mantis, gives partners a single dashboard to build malware, chase payments, and manage victims.

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Breaches

OnTrac tells customers hackers were inside its network for three days in March

The last-mile delivery firm hints at a quiet deal with its attackers, but no ransomware crew has claimed the hit.

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Vulnerabilities

Three Security Stories You May Have Missed: Industrial Switches, Russian Email Spying, and a Rail Ransomware Shakedown

A digest of under-reported threats: flaws in Siemens industrial network hardware, a Russian hacking campaign targeting Zimbra webmail servers, and a ransomware attack against Swiss train maker Stadler Rail.

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Policy & Regulation

Europol Pulls 4,340 Links Tied to 'The Com' Extortion Network

A nine-country push targets an online ecosystem that grooms minors, spreads violence manuals, and has been linked to ransomware attacks on Marks & Spencer and Las Vegas casinos.

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Vulnerabilities

CISA orders three-day fix as Clop hits PTC Windchill flaw

A critical bug in PTC's product design software, CVE-2026-12569, is being used by the Clop extortion crew to steal corporate data. Regulators in the US and Germany moved fast.

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Ransomware

Ransomware Hit a Japanese Frozen-Food Giant and KFC Felt It

A cyberattack on Nichirei, one of Japan's biggest cold-chain logistics companies, froze shipments across the country, left KFC franchises warning of shortages, and put a spotlight on how fragile food supply chains really are.

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Vulnerabilities

Hackers Are Actively Exploiting a Flaw in Check Point Security Software

A newly discovered hole in Check Point's network management tools let attackers log in as administrators without a password. Real attacks were already happening before the patch arrived.

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Ransomware

What is ransomware-as-a-service? A plain-English guide

Ransomware-as-a-service lets criminals rent attack tools from developers, the same way businesses subscribe to software, making large-scale extortion attacks available to almost anyone.

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Ransomware

What is ransomware and how does an attack actually unfold?

Ransomware locks your files or systems until you pay criminals to restore access. Here is exactly how that happens, step by step.

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Ransomware

Swiss Train Manufacturer Stadler Rail Rejects $12.3 Million Ransom Demand

Stadler Rail refuses to pay Everest ransomware after data breach; denies impact on operations.

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